PRESBYTERY OF DONEGAL v. CALHOUN.

No. 2077 C.D. 1984.

99 Pa.Commw. 300 (1986)

513 A.2d 531

Presbytery of Donegal et al., Appellants v. S. Reed Calhoun et al., Appellees.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

July 29, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gregory M. Harvey, with him, Elizabeth L. Hoop and George W. McKeag, of Counsel: Morgan, Lewis and Bockius, and P. Richard Klein, Klein, Elicker, Head & Knauer, for appellants.

Tom P. Monteverde, with him, Jean C. Hemphill, Monteverde, Hemphill, Maschmeyer & Obert, for appellees.

Argued December 11, 1985, before President Judge CRUMLISH, JR., Judges ROGERS, CRAIG, DOYLE, COLINS and PALLADINO.


OPINION BY JUDGE DOYLE, July 29, 1986:

The case before us involves a property dispute between a local church congregation and its parent denomination. The denomination, represented by the Presbytery of Donegal (Presbytery), filed an action in equity with the Court of Common Pleas of Chester County requesting that title be transferred to it to the real property under the control of the local church congregation known as the Coatesville Presbyterian Church (Coatesville...

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